Is God unjust?
In the past, there was a woman who made a large dough every day and sold it to fishermen and merchants to fill the cracks that occurred in boats. The woman used to take one dollar in exchange for the dough that she sold and used it to buy food for her children.
One day, the woman went to the beach to sell the dough she had made. While the woman was waiting for the boat, a crow came and snatched the dough from her hand and flew away. The woman was sad and cried and said : My children will die of hunger. I only have this dough. Why, my God did you allow the crow to steal the dough from me?
The poor woman went to the village wise man and asked him: Is God unjust?
Al-Hakim: God is not unjust
Woman: Then why did he allow the crow to snatch the dough from my hand when he knows that this dough is the only way I feed my children?
Al-Hakim: You do not know God’s wisdom in arranging affairs. Wait a little while and God will compensate you many times over. He loves you more than you can imagine.
During this conversation, ten merchants knocked on the door, shouting with joy and said to the wise man, “God has saved us from death today.” The wise man asked them to tell him what happened, and one of them said, “We are ten merchants. We were at sea, and the boat collided with one of the rocks, causing cracks and water began to leak inside the boat.” We were going to drown, so we asked God to save us and he would give each of us a hundred dollars to the poor. Suddenly a crow came carrying dough and threw it to us. We closed the cracks and survived by a strange miracle. Here is the thousand dollars that I give to the poor.
The merchants left, and the wise man looked at the woman and said to her with a smile: Here you go, may God buy the dough from you for a thousand dollars instead of one dollar. Go feed your children and do not forget to thank God.